SUMMARY WEBINAR SOLAR ENERGY IN LAW 20/25 DE CHILE
Photovoltaic solar energy in Chile has been one of the technologies that has had greater acceptance in recent months. On Tuesday 18 March at 14:00 CET, held a webinar organized by CSP Today which the present situation of eerr and specifically solar PV was treated in Chile. The speakers were:
– Carlos Finat, Executive Director of Sidewalk http://www.acera.cl/
– Christian Antonovic de Acesol www.acesol.cl
– Ramon Galaz of Valgesta http://www.valgesta.com/
The paper is mainly motivated by the recent change of government in Chile, which is expected to define its position on renewable and future publication of the Regulations of Law No. 20.698.
Much is said about Chile and companies are investing there mainly in solar PV projects of medium to high power. We must remember that Chile could choose the target of target 20% of renewable energy 2025.
Según Climate Scope 2013, Chile ranks second behind Brazil and ahead of Nicaragua with a penetration of renewable energy sources for the generation of 7%. No mechanisms exist to fit these technologies, Chile is a target market due to the high cost of energy. Energy demand is also high, especially for the mining industry, representing about 36% the total consumption of electricity in the country. To meet the growing demand for energy, Chile should add about 8GW Capacity 2020.
The current law seems to have worked correctly if we mention the generation in recent months.
Similarly the pull effect has worked and there are many projects that are in progress, with RCA in the approved qualification, market showing signs of bottlenecks if we look at the figures provided by Carlos Finat for February 2014 and Ramon Galaz. While Valgesta by Energy is stated that require between 3500 and 4000 MW NCRE projects over the next 10 years to comply with the law, by Sidewalk data are provided to February 2014.
As is apparent, most established technologies are wind and solar, both construction and outstanding.
Current barriers to the discretion of the speakers are many and can be summarized as:
– Access to the transmission system.
– Market share of contracts with customers and distributors free.
– Overlapping mining concessions and land use.
– Lack of updated information distribution studies to develop electric connection.
– Obtaining funding for projects
What makes expert sources encrypt unsuccessful projects in more than one 80%.
Some of the recommendations of the speakers for companies wishing to enter the Chilean market are partnerships with local companies or good counseling office.
Energon Ingenieros develops advisory activities with Chilean partners for market entry of renewable energy companies as well as activities developer himself or others of solar photovoltaic.
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